1 Corinthians 9:25
And every one that enters the lists is temperate in all things: they indeed do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
26I therefore so run, not as unobserved: I so fight, not as one that beateth the air:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54And when this corruptible shall be clothed with incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory."
Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not with flesh and blood only, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world and of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.
2 Timothy 2:5And if any one contend in the public games, he gains not the crown unless he contend fairly.
Titus 1:8but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Hebrews 12:4for ye have not resisted unto blood in striving against sin.
James 1:12Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be… Read the whole commentary →